Frank and Jordán [1] proved an important min-max result on covering a crossing family of set-pairs. As an application, among others they can solve the unweighted node-connectivity augmentation problem for directed graphs in polynomial time. In this paper, we show how to solve the dual packing problem in polynomial time. To decompose a fractional dual optimum as a convex combination of integer vertices, besides the ellipsoid method, we use a polynomial-time algorithm for uncrossing a family of set-pairs. Our main result is this uncrossing algorithm.
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Received November 9, 1998 / Revised October 18, 1999
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Fleiner, T. Note – Uncrossing a Family of Set-Pairs. Combinatorica 21, 145–150 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004930170009
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- AMS Subject Classification (1991) Classes: 05C85, 05A05